My partner and I are buying our first house. Our conveyancing practitioner has calledto enquire if we would like to order supplemental conveyancing searches. Frankly we have no idea as to what's recommended for conveyancing in Nailsea

The number and type of Nailsea conveyancing searches depends entirely on the premises, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your knowledge of the locality and risks, your general appetite to risk. What matters is that you properly comprehend what information each search could supply. You may then make a decision if you consider that you need that search. Should you be unclear, ask the solicitor to advise.

I have just over seventy years unexpired on my lease and require a lease extension for my flat in Nailsea. Conveyancing solicitors on the Accord Mortgages panel can deal with such extensions correct?

Most leasehold conveyancing experts should be able to deal with a lease extension. if you are obtaining a mortgage then your lender may insist that the lease be extended before competition. Accord Mortgages have specific requirements as set out in the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook in relation to minimum unexpired lease terms. As of 22/8/2025 the requirements read as follows :

I am assisting my sister sell her property in Nailsea. Will the solicitor order the EPC or should I organise this?

Following the demise of Home Packs, energy performance certificates was kept a required part of moving house. An EPC should be to hand in advance of the property being advertised. This is not as aspect of the sale process that lawyers ordinarily arrange. Where you are using a Nailsea conveyancing lawyer they might be able to arrange EPC’s due to their relationships with long established local assessors

Completion of my remortgage has taken place for my property in Nailsea. Conveyancing was of an acceptable standard but I would like to complain about the lender. How does one go about formally complaining?

Most banks and building societies have complaints procedures. Your first point of contact should be one of the lender’s branches or the Customer Care Department at head office. Ordinarily complaints to a lender are sorted out very quickly. If you feel the matter is not resolved you can write to Financial Ombudsman Service, South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.

After months of negotiation I have agreed a price on a house in Nailsea. My mortgage broker recommended their conveyancers. I paid an upfront payment of £150. A couple of days later, the lawyer contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Clydesdale conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?

You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Clydesdale panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.

I used Stirling Law several years past for my conveyancing in Nailsea. I now require my papers however the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Nailsea of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I am buying a new build flat in Nailsea. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Nailsea

The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Investor purchasers must be able to freely grant unsecured tenancies at market rents without requiring any consents. Has the Lease plan been approved by the Land Registry and if not when will they be lodged for this purpose? The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. Forfeiture - bankruptcy or liquidation must not apply under this provision.